From local validation to global standardization of three-dimensional printing in radiotherapy☆
José Vedelago, Christina Stengl, Barbara Knäusl · 2026
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Description
Vedelago and colleagues present a 2026 viewpoint on moving three-dimensional printing in radiotherapy from local craft to global standard. Printed items already serve clinics as body molds that hold patients still, surface pads that boost skin dose, test phantoms, and proton therapy parts.
The question the authors press is whether a printed device made in one hospital can be trusted in another. Without shared standards for printers, materials, and quality checks, a bolus or phantom carries local assumptions that may not travel. The stakes are dosimetric: a small density error in a printed part becomes a dose error in a patient. The piece argues for common validation protocols now, while the field is young, rather than after inconsistent practices harden into habit across hundreds of centers.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | José Vedelago, Christina Stengl, Barbara Knäusl |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 6 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |